Attached is screenshot of Hurricane Igor...note the sustained winds of

150 mph and wind gusts of 186 mph !

Below is the The Fujita Scale with the characteristics of an F3 Tornado.

A hurricane with the strength of a tornado.  Wow ! 

Even though they do usually make the  outward curve when they are picked up by the westerlies, and though they weaken as they progress northward, it would be good to pray, this one is a monster ! 

 

F3	Severe tornado	158-206 mph	Roof and some walls torn off well constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in forest uprooted